Vulnerability · Published Mar 20, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-32828Kargo: SSRF in Promotion http/http-download Steps Enables Internal Network Access and Data Exfiltration

Medium 5.1

In plain English

A medium-severity server-side request forgery in kargo from akuity. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Kargo manages and automates the promotion of software artifacts. In versions 1.4.0 through 1.6.3, 1.7.0-rc.1 through 1.7.8, 1.8.0-rc.1 through 1.8.11, and 1.9.0-rc.1 through 1.9.4, the http and http-download promotion steps allow Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) against link-local addresses, most critically the cloud instance metadata endpoint (169.254.169.254), enabling exfiltration of sensitive data such as IAM credentials. These steps provide full control over request headers and methods, rendering cloud provider header-based SSRF mitigations ineffective. An authenticated attacker with permissions to create/update Stages or craft Promotion resources can exploit this by submitting a malicious Promotion manifest, with response data retrievable via Promotion status fields, Git repositories, or a second http step. This issue has been fixed in versions 1.6.4, 1.7.9, 1.8.12 and 1.9.5.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Gogithub.com/akuity/kargo1.6.4GHSA-j94x-8wcp-x7hm
Gogithub.com/akuity/kargo1.7.9GHSA-j94x-8wcp-x7hm
Gogithub.com/akuity/kargo1.8.12GHSA-j94x-8wcp-x7hm
Gogithub.com/akuity/kargo1.9.5GHSA-j94x-8wcp-x7hm
Gogithub.com/akuity/kargo1.6.4, 1.7.9, 1.8.12, 1.9.5GO-2026-4717

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
akuity kargo >= 1.4.0, < 1.6.4>= 1.7.0-rc.1, < 1.7.9>= 1.8.0-rc.1, < 1.8.12>= 1.9.0-rc.1, < 1.9.5

Weakness: CWE-918 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

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